Robert James Ritchi Quotes
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But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody.
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I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.
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You know, when I started I liked Big Macs and Budweiser and I still like Big Macs and Budweiser.
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I don't tell 'U.S. Weekly' which parties I'm going to. I write songs.
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A common man, even like myself, I don't know how to pay my taxes.
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Everything I've done in my career has started in and around Detroit, you know, the metro area and Michigan.
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There's no way anyone in the world is having more fun than I am. I truly believe that.
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I bought a book of Mark Twain quotes. That's about my speed. I'll read a couple quotes and put it down.
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People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me, someone who's spent a lot of time in both places. They're all hardworking, simple people.
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I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels.
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I have been to anger management twice. After the first session the lady was like, 'Baby, you don't seem that angry at all. You seem like a really nice guy.'
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Europeans don't seem to have the groupie mentality.
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They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.
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I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player.
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I always looked up to so many people before me and was lucky to become such good friends with them. I learned so much hanging out with those cats.
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I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.
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I just have never got into reading.
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I know a lot of people who are struggling musicians; it's a hard life, and I've risked being that. The rewards are tremendous now that I've made it, I thank God every day. But I put it all on the line for it.
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And there's a feeling you get from making music that is unlike anything else in the world.
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There's so many examples of just how lucky we are to be born anywhere in this world that is free.
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I've never played the PR game.
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I'm in awe of people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard; they're great musicians and people. But I'm most starstruck by people in the small town where I live. Especially single dads, like me, who are working five times as hard to raise their kids.
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The spirit of rock 'n' roll is alive and well. It kind of just needs to be cultivated a little bit.
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That's why I called my record Devil Without a Cause - I'm a white boy who's so sick of hearing that white kids are going to steal rap.